Eddie Kingston

Jun 5, 2017 - by Jamie Cruickshank

Real name: Edward Moore
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 240 lbs
Date of birth: December 12, 1981
From: Yonkers, New York
Pro debut: October 2002
Trained by: Chikara Wrestle Factory
Finishing Move: Uraken

Biography

– Moore actually began training at the Independent Wrestling Federation, but was kicked out of the school. He later continued his training under Mike Quackenbush and Chris Hero at Chikara
– On Octoner 12, 2002, Moore (as Eddie Kingston) made his pro debut, teaming with Jack Marciano to defeat The Senior Assault Team (Lester Crabtree & Melvin Snodgrass) at a Chikara event
– Kingston & Marciano would become known as ‘The Wild Cards’
– In 2004, Kingston joined CZW’s BLKOUT faction
– On August 14, 2004, BLKOUT (Kingston, Ruckus & Sabian) defeated Chris Cash, Nate Hatred & Nick Gage in a Tables Match to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles
– On September 18, The Wild Cards defeated Brad Bradley & Ryan Boz and Tank & Iceberg in a 3-Way Match to win the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– On September 24, The Wild Cards defeated Men At Work (Mister ZERO & Shane Storm) to retain the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– The next day, The Wild Cards defeated All Money Is Legal (K-Murda & K-Pusha) to retain the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– On October 23, The Wild Cards defeated B-Boy & Homicide to retain the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– Over the next week, The Wild Cards defended the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles against Team FIST (Icarus & Gran Akuma) and BLKOUT (Joker & Sabian)
– On November 19, The Wild Cards defeated The Superfriends (Chris Hero & Mike Quackenbush) to retain the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– On December 12, The Wild Cards defeated Brad Bradley & Ryan Boz to retain the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– On October 1, 2005, BLKOUT (Kingston & Sabian) defeated Danny Havoc & Heretic and Maven Bentley & Sean Bishop to win the MBA Tag Team Title Tournament
– On February 11, 2006, BLKOUT (Kingston & Joker) defeated The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli) to win the CZW Tag Team Titles
– On March 31, BLKOUT defeated Cheech & Cloudy to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles
– On May 13, BLKOUT defeated Super Dragon & Necro Butcher to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles
– On June 23, BLKOUT defeated Derek Wylde & Asylum to retain the CZW Tag Team Titles
– Two days later, Kingston defeated ICW Television Champion Larry Sweeney by DQ
– On July 22, Kingston defeated Larry Sweeney to win the ICW Television Title
– A week later, Kingston again defeated Larry Sweeney to retain the ICW Television Title
– On August 20, Kingston fought Sweeney to a double-countout to retain the ICW Television Title
– On September 9, Kingston defeated Chris Hero to win the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On October 14, Kingston defeated Necro Butcher to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– A week later, Kingston defeated Danny Demanto by KO to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On November 5, Kingston defeated Grim Reefer to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On November 11, Kingston defeated Justice Pain to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On November 24, Kingston defeated Corporal Robinson, Tarek the Great & Drake Younger to win the IWA:MS Revolution Strong Style Tournament
– On December 7, 2007, Kingston defeated Chris Hero, Mike Quackenbush & Chuck Taylor to win the IWA:MS Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight Titles
– On March 1, 2008, Kingston defeated Too Cold Scorpio at IWA:Mid-South’s 500th show to retain the IWA:MS Heavyweight Title
– The next day, BLKOUT (Kingston, Ruckus & Joker) reached the final of the Chikara King of Trios Tournament, but lost to Incognito, El Pantera & Lince Dorado
– On February 28, 2009, Kingston defeated Bandido Jr to win the JAPW New Jersey Title
– On March 28, Kingston defeated Bandido Jr to retain the JAPW New Jersey Title
– In April 2009, Kingston began competing on ROH TV
– At Final Battle ’09, Kingston defeated Chris Hero in a Fight Without Honor
– On April 10, 2010, The Suicide Kings (Kingston & Drake Younger) defeated The Best Around (Bruce Maxwell & TJ Cannon) to win the CZW Tag Team Titles
– A week later, Kingston (subbing for Havok) and Monsta Mack defeated The Garden State Gods (Corvis Fear & Myke Quest) to retain the JAPW Tag Team Titles
– On May 8, The Suicide Kings defeated Cult Fiction (JC Bailey & tHURTeen) to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On June 12, The Suicide Kings defeated Cult Fiction (Brain Damage & Masada) to retain the CZW Heavyweight Title
– On October 16, Kingston defeated Mo Sexton & Rob Vegas in a Triple Threat Match to win the ACE Diamond Title
– On November 13, Kingston & Mercedes Martinez defeated Rob Vegas & Alicia to retain the ACE Diamond Title for Kingston and the WSU World Title for Martinez
– On December 17, Kingston defeated Rob Vegas to retain the ACE Diamond Title
– On January 15, 2011, Kingston defeated Stockade to retain the ACE Diamond Title
– In September 2011, Kingston toured Japan with Osaka Pro
– On November 13, Kingston defeated Mike Quackenbush to win the vacant Chikara Grand Title
– On December 10, Kingston fought ACE Heavyweight Champion Jorge Luis Rivera to a no-contest
– On February 26, 2012, Kingston defeated Vin Gerard in a Title vs. Career Match to retain the Chikara Grand Title and force Gerard to retire
– On March 25, Kingston defeated Brodie Lee to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On April 14, 2012, Kingston & Homicide defeated Philly’s Most Wanted (BLK Jeez & Joker) to win the vacant JAPW Tag Team Titles
– On April 28, Kingston defeated Kevin Steen by DQ to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On May 20, Kingston defeated Jigsaw to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On July 28, Kingston defeated Sara Del Rey to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On September 15, Kingston defeated Tadasuke to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– A week later, Kingston fought AIW Intense Champion BJ Whitmer to a no-contest
– On December 2, Kingston defeated Tim Donst to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On February 10, 2013, Kingston defeated Kevin Steen to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On April 6, Kingston defeated Hallowicked to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On May 3, Kingston defeated Green Ant to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– The next day, Kingston defeated Mark Angelosetti to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On May 18, Kingston defeated Archibald Peck to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On June 2, Kingston fought Icarus to a no-contest to retain the Chikara Grand Title
– On October 25, Kingston fought AAW Heavyweight Champion Shane Hollister to a no-contest
– At Glory By Honor XII, Outlaw Inc (Kingston & Homicide) defeated Adrenaline RUSH (Tadarius Thomas & ACH)
– On September 12, 2014, Kingston defeated Shane Hollister to win the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On October 17, Kingston defeated Michael Elgin & Ethan Page to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On November 7, Kingston defeated Shane Hollister to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On November 29, Kingston defeated Keith Walker to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On January 23, 2015, Kingston defeated Josh Alexander to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On February 28, Kingston defeated Davey Richards to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On March 21, Kingston defeated Silas Young to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On April 10, Kingston defeated Ethan Page to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– At House of Hardcore X, Kingston defeated Tommaso Ciampa
– On November 28, 2015, Kingston defeated Ethan Page & Trevor Lee in an Elimination Match to regain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On Deceber 26, Kingston defeated Ethan Page in a Cage Match to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On January 15, 2016, Kingston defeated Trevor Lee to retain the AAW Heavyweight Title
– On April 30, Kingston defeated NYWC Heavyweight Champion Stockade by DQ
– At House of Hardcore XVIII, Kingston, TJ Marconi & Vik Dalishus defeated Bill Carr, Dan Barry & Connor Braxton
– In October 2016, Kingston began competing for Impact Wrestling as part of the Death Crew Council
– At House of Hardcore XXIII, Kingston defeated Lance Anoai
– At Joker’s Wild ’17, The Death Crew Council (Kingston & Bram) defeated Mahabali Shera & Robbie E
– On April 6, 2017, The Death Crew Council disbanded
– On October 4, 2017, Kingston announced that he is no longer with Impact Wrestling
– On November 2, Outlaw Inc (Kingston & Homicide) defeated Mance Warner & Zodiak to win the IWA:MS Tag Team Titles
– In April 2018, Kingston returned to Impact Wrestling, working as ‘King’
– On August 30, 2018, WRSTLING (Kingston & David Starr) defeated The Besties In The World (Mat Fitchett & Davey Vega) to win the AAW Tag Team Titles
– On September 28, WRSTLING defeated Curt Stallion & Jake Something to retain the AAW Tag Team Titles
– On March 15, 2019, The Unwanted (Kingston & Joe Gacy) defeated The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) to win the EVOLVE Tag Team Titles
– On April 4, The Unwanted defeated Konosuke Takeshita & MAO to retain the EVOLVE Tag Team Titles
– On May 11, The Unwanted defeated Anthony Henry & JD Drake to retain the EVOLVE Tag Team Titles
– On June 2, Kingston defeated Curt Stallion to win the Crown Of Glory Title
– On June 29, The Unwanted defetaed Curt Stallion & Anthony Greene to retain the EVOLVE Tag Team Titles
– In September 2019, Kingston and Homicide reformed Outlaw Inc for a brief run on NWA Powerrr
– On July 31, 2020, Kingston signed with All Elite Wrestling, having impressed in his unsuccessful open challenge response for Cody’s TNT Title
– At Blood & Guts 2021, Kingston & Jon Moxley defeated Kenny Omega & MT Nakazawa
– At Dynamite’s Homecoming special, Kingston, Jon Moxley & Darby Allin defeated Jeff Parker, Matt Lee & Daniel Garcia
– At the Rampage Grand Slam special, Kingston & Jon Moxley defeated Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer) in a Lights Out Match
– At Revolution 2022, Kingston defeated Chris Jericho
– At Dynamite’s 3rd Anniversary special, Kingston & Jon Moxley defeated Private Party (Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen)
– At Blood and Guts 2022, Kingston, Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Santana & Ortiz defeated The Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia, Angelo Parker & Matt Menard) in the titular match
– On the All Out 2022 pre-show, Kingston defeated Tomohiro Ishii
– On the Full Gear 2022 pre-show, Kingston defeated Jun Akiyama
– At the Jay Briscoe Tribute Show, Kingston defeated QT Marshall
– At Battle In The Valley 2023, Kingston defeated Jay White in a Loser Leaves NJPW Match
– At Forbidden Door 2023, Kingston, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson, Adam Page & Tomohiro Ishii defeated Claudio Castagnoli, Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, Konosuke Takeshita & Shota Umino
– On July 5, Kingston defeated KENTA to win the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– Kingston entered the 2023 G1 Climax Tournament
– At Fyter Fest 2023, Kingston, Orange Cassidy & Pentagon Jr defeated Kip Sabian, The Butcher & The Blade
– At All In 2023, Kingston, Pentagon Jr, Chuck Taylor, Trent Beretta & Orange Cassidy defeated Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, Santana & Ortiz in a Stadium Stampede
– On the following episode of Dynamite, Kingston defeated Wheeler Yuta to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– On the 2023 Dynamite Grand Slam special, Kingston defeated Claudio Castagnoli to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title and win the ROH World Title
– On September 27, Kingston defeated Rocky Romero to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– At WrestleDream, Kingston defeated Katsuyori Shibata to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title and the ROH World Title
– On the following episode of Collision, Kingston defeated Komander to retain the ROH World Title
– On the October 10 Dynamite, Kingston defeated Minoru Suzuki to retain the ROH World Title and NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– At Royal Quest III, Kingston, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Oku defeated The United Empire (Jeff Cobb, TJP & Henare)
– At Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2023, Kingston defeated HENARE to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– On November 4, Kingston defeated Angelico to retain the ROH World Title
– On November 8, Kingston defeated Dalton Castle to retain the ROH World Title
– At Lonestar Shootout 2023, Kingston defeated Satoshi Kojima to retain the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title
– On the Full Gear 2023 pre-show, Kingston defeated Jay Lethal to retain the ROH World Title
– At Final Battle 2023, Kingston defeated Anthony Henry
– At Winter Is Coming 2023, Kingston defeated Daniel Garcia
– At Holiday Bash 2023, Kingston defeated Andrade El Idolo
– Kingston placed second in the Blue League of the 2023 AEW Continental Classic, but defeated Bryan Danielson at New Year’s Smash 2023 to win the league final and advance to the overall final
– At Worlds End 2023, Kingston defeated Jon Moxley to win the 2023 AEW Continental Classic. In doing so, he retained the ROH World Title and the NJPW STRONG Openweight Title and became the first holder of the AEW Continental Title
– On the January 6, 2024 Collision, Kingston defeated Trent Beretta to retain the AEW Continental, ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight Titles
– On the following episode of Rampage, Kingston defeated Wheeler Yuta to retain the AEW Continental, ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight Titles
– At Battle In The Valley 2024, Kingston fought Gabe Kidd to a double countout to retain the AEW Continental, ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight Titles
– At Revolution 2024, Kingston defeated Bryan Danielson to retain the AEW Continental, ROH World and NJPW STRONG Openweight Titles

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